The former president criticized Joe Biden's handling of the withdrawal on Tuesday, calling it 'the greatest embarrassment in the history of our country.'
for a week at the White House on Monday, where he dismissed criticism of his decision to withdraw troops from the region, saying:"If anything, the developments of the past week reinforce that ending US military involvement in Afghanistan now was the right decision."
Biden also noted that he"inherited" a deal from Trump to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, before once again backing the decision, saying:"American troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves."US President Donald Trump waits for a meeting with Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 21, 2017 in New York City.
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